The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-23

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should be Nh attraction to those want
ing printing done. Take il look ut 1t
Capt. Samuel Davenport died on sun
day morning and was buried on Wed
npsday. lie was not able to do any
thing for more than a year because O
consumption.
The Interstate Commerce law which
has been discussed more than any 9th
er bill ever passed by Congress FOL
many years We give to our readers of
the first page this week.
We have received a copy OF the ar
Jtrotor, a four column, and four PACED
labor paper, published by VIM. H. Pet
erson. at Beebe, Arkansas. Mr.. Pet-
erson was raised at Pennsgrove.
Acton Post G. A. r. of Pemnsgroye
will celebrate Decor ton Day this
year by their usual visit to the Nation
nj Cemetery at Fmn's Point. Instead
of going on the steamer Mccall as they
have done for several years past they
will 90 in wagons The Pennsgroye
Band will accompany them. Rev.
Joseph Garrison, of Eedricktown VIII
be the orator of the day. Mr.. Garrison
was a boy in blue.
"Riverview Cemetery" has been
chosen as the name for the new Gem
etery. The company has organized
with ). r. Leap, President Il. {.
Parvin, Secretary James Denny
Treasurer {; and James d. Torton, SUI
perintendent. The company has been
laying off the grounds in plots during
the week. The plan decided upon is Il
4O-foot square piece for the center plot,
with a path around it wide enough for
Il wagon !; then triangular plots ut each
side of the center, making another
square with the main wagon road
around the whole.
For more than a week past Frank
A. Comfy, the noted fun maker, d
John Forbes, another minstrel, with
AN Indian and his wife have given
performances in Odd Fellows Hall
to good audiences. The performances
were good and were quite a treat to
the fun loving people. Ten cents
admission was charged on each alter
hate night. Prof. Heath's yentrlo-
ouism and marionett performances on
ruesday night and that of Spotted
Horse, the young Indion contortioniot,
on Thursday night were excellent.
They were advertising the Kickapoo
Indian medicine.
Rev. Milton Relyea, the new Presid-
ing Elder of this district, preached
for the first time last Sunday in Enan-
uel church. in his official capacity.
He took for his Il eme that no sacfl-
fees are a loss but are returned ten fold
be not confOrmed but transformed to
the world. 1t was an able sermon and
the people were very much pleased
with him. Rev. Mayhem Davis, who
has been il student at Pennington Sem
minary, but is now employed at Mrs.
Davis's bakery, preached n very good
| sermon in the evening for ii young
man who is educating himself and
irving to rise in the world by his own
push and perseverance,. He will no
doubt make his mark in the world.
Can't. John Smithand Edward Smi h
of l.. a. Greek who went to Florida
last fall on W. p. Wright's s!oop, of
| Pennsgrove, returned home On We'd
| nesday of last week, bringing the three
live alligators with them we mention
| toned sometime ago. They are 5, Z,
and Il feet in length, respectively.
| The largest will weigh 500 pounds and
is supposed to be % years old. The
gators were taken to the Rink, in Sa-
lem, and placed ON exhibition, at 10
| cents admission, where they have been
for a week. 100 people viewed them
last Saturday. Mr.. Wright arrived
| home some time ago by rail.
A report from Port Deposit, Md,
says that the S~usquehanna river is so
full of herring they are being dipped
| up in large quantities with scoop-nets
| along the shore. A syndicate has beet
formed among the fishermen and al
have agreed upon a minimum price,
which will avoid cutting of rates to
dealers, thereby making fishing unpro-
| fiable. Some few of the floats made
hauls ON Friday and Saturday, but as
was the case last year the herring are
so thick and plentiful as to become =
| n~uisaLce. Thousands of herrinGs were
| turned out of the seines, the men being
unable to land them. Shad are scarce,
The OILERS below aIe catching II few
but Ms yet the catch is light.
A family by the name of Shultz, re.
SlulilR HtlON hNbiiiHs NCiV eNC '4St'hh
of a we'll executed robbery recently
1t occurred in the following manner.
A maj residing in Philadelphia, arC
who was employed by them last Spring
paid them a visit, bringing with him ;
large s%atchel, and before retiring a
night he complained otbeing very tire'
so the next morning when lie did no
come down bre ,kfast was ready, Ia
was not called, they remembering tina
he spoke of being so tired the nigh
before. He came down shortly ate
breakfast with Satebel in hand, sayiai
that he would have to return to tn
city. A watch and jewelry to th
amount of seventy dollars was after
wards discovered to be missing. Al
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